Retro Pac-Man Cookies: Now You Can Chomp Those Ghosts!
Cookies are one of life's yummiest pleasures, and making them is one of my favorite parts of the holidays. This is the time of year when my son and I bake all kinds of different cookies and neatly place them in decorative tins lined with red and green tissue paper for all our friends and family. W ...
LED Throwies: Colorful Holiday Lights For Geeks!
I've always liked LED throwies, and with the holiday season upon us, I thought it was appropriate to write about them since they are, of course, the geekiest little lights ever! In case you are unfamiliar with what an LED throwie is, it's basically just an LED attached to a magnet and a battery. A ...
Real Life Drama: Woman Goes Jedi and Attacks with a Lightsaber
I have to admit; it's been a while since I've gotten excited over a lightsaber. It was fun watching this lightsaber flash mob and this dog that could fight with a lightsaber. It was also neat to learn how to build a lightsaber. However, for the most part, they are old news. Well, at least I thou ...
Star Trek Illustrations: Could You Draw These With Your Eyes Closed?
Do you know what blind contour drawing is? I never heard of that term before today, although after I read about what it is, I realized I've done many drawings this way.
Blind contour drawing is when you look intently at the object you are drawing, and you draw it without looking down at the piec ...
Living For The Weekend: Your Guide To Enjoying The Weekend!
Weekends are sacred to me! TGIF (thank God it's Friday) always means what it stands for to many people who love the weekends! We all work hard during the week. We get caught up in so many work details that we often just crash into bed when we get home on weekdays. There are even days when the lo ...
Shot In The Pint: A Beer And A Shot At The Same Time…
How many times have you been told that mixing beer and liquor is not the best of ideas? Still we do it (or rather, some do). I don't consider myself much of a drinker, and it's usually weeks in between even having a beer. I guess it has never really caught my fancy, but that doesn't stop me from ...
Harry Potter Inspired LEGO Sets!
Harry Potter is one series that both adults and kids love to watch (movies) and read (books). I never thought I would love watching Harry Potter at first because I thought it was something that only kids would like. The first time I got to see it, I was amazed at the effects. The story was captiv ...
Now You Can Play A Solo On… The Millennium Falcon!
What do you think about when you think about an instrument? You probably think about a guitar, a piano or even a set of drums. If you're a geek, you probably think about a measuring instrument or maybe even a top of the line computer. If you do, you're quite normal and shouldn't worry a thing abo ...
Kee4: Apparently You Only Need 4 Keys On Your Keyboard
When you have been using a computer for over 20 years, you basically know that without a keyboard, you won't get much done. It has become an extension of your mind and body to some extent. It's an effortless interaction between a human and a machine, and it's only getting more intuitive with time. ...
Kinect Hack Makes Future Navigation Just Like Minority Report!
The more I get into this new and exciting piece of technology, the more I understand what a huge impact it will have. Not only will it impact gaming, but also pretty much every area that has to do with computers. Some "hackers" have prompted that the technology behind the Kinect is significantly m ...
1,000 Articles and Yet There Is More…
It took 529 days for me to write 1,000 articles. Anyone with a sense for math knows that's roughly 2 articles a day, every day. And that's pretty much what we do over here at Bit Rebels, and we do this because we love it. The sharing of geeky awesomeness is what keeps us motivated and inspired. I ca ...
Kinect: Hacked To Let You Interact As A Puppeteer!
Even though I hate to admit it, I must say that I am still very new to the whole Kinect movement. Sure, I have seen my share of vids and demonstrations, but I am still to get into the technology behind it. What's clear is that it is a truly interesting and useful tool in not only gaming, but in a ...
LEGO 3D Scanner: Bringing Real Objects Into A 3D World!
I have many times wondered how LEGO came to be. Someone must have been dying to be able to put together really complex builds and decided to create some tools to do it. Yeah, it's a simple explanation to an invention, and I am probably miles away from pinpointing it's birth reasons. LEGO is just ...
HolePunch: Here’s How You Bring Love Back To The Office…
I know a lot of people that dread every Monday morning because that's the day when a whole new week of endless working begins. It's not so much that they don't like their jobs, but because they like their free time a lot more. When you are self-employed, it's a whole different thing I guess. Sure ...
Wrap-a-Nap: Part Pillow, Part Blindfold Makes You Look…
The world is filled with super cool inventions and ideas. All you really have to do is to take a look around you, and I am sure you will at least find a couple of hundred inventions that you don't even think about during your everyday chores. The fact is that when something has passed the boundari ...